Accordding to Langenscheidt, Oxford, Duden the verb has two past participles, but those have not mentioned when we shall use each one! because the meanings are also the same.
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5Depends on context. – πάντα ῥεῖ Sep 13 '19 at 15:23
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you mean depends on meaning in each context? just like what he has answered here? – Armin Sep 13 '19 at 15:28
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Yes exactly. I voted to undelete the answer. – πάντα ῥεῖ Sep 13 '19 at 15:32
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For some reason @TheAwfulLanguage deletes a lot of their own answers. Since they deleted it themself, I wouldn't vote on undeleting. – infinitezero Sep 13 '19 at 17:04
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Another example is "schleifen", which means 1. "to drag sth. along" and 2. "to cut (a gemstone)". The past participle would be "geschleift" and "geschliffen" respsectively. – QBrute Sep 14 '19 at 11:34
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"schaffen" has three meanings:
- to get something managed,
- to create, to produce something
- to work (in some regions colloquial or dialect)
"geschafft" is the past participle ("schaffte" is simple past) of the 1st and 3rd
"geschaffen" is the past participle ("schuf" is simple past) of the 2nd
(Side note: "schöpfen" means to create in sense of God or artists. But note this word also has the completely different meaning to laddle!)
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2In Switzerland, AFAIK, schaffen is also used in the sense of "to work" (i.e., to have a job); though I wouldn't know what participle they use for that... – phipsgabler Sep 14 '19 at 16:35
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2That's meaning is not limited to Switzerland. We use it in Northern Germany, too. Ich muss schaffen gehen. – Ich muss zur Arbeit gehen. – Janka Sep 15 '19 at 12:26
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